DNA Traffic in the Environment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nishida, Hiromi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Oshima, Taku (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Microbial ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Biodiversity.; Drug resistance.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.; Microbial Ecology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Drug Resistance.

This book comprehensively discusses our current understanding of the role and biological mechanisms of horizontal transfer of genetic elements in the environment, which has been important in the evolution of prokaryotes (archaea and bacteria). Horizontal transfer of genetic elements generates variat...